Frances Perkins - First woman to serve as Secretary of Labor

Championed transformational policies that still shape our modern workplace, such as the 40-hour work week, minimum wage laws and unemployment benefits.

"The best I have done grew out of things deeply felt...."

Diego Rivera Mural - Detroit Institute of Arts

DFSE Helps Dearborn Students Be Their Best!

DFSE members support students in many ways. They drive the bus, clean the building, serve lunch, tutor, and supervise on the playground, so that students can grow and learn in the Dearborn Public Schools!

AFT President Randi Weingarten on July 18 delivered a forceful case for Hillary Clinton, while hailing the 100-year-old union as a vehicle empowering our more than 1.6 million workers at the bargaining table and the ballot box.

The Michigan House of Representatives, ignoring fierce opposition from the Democratic minority, passed a dead-of-night financial aid package for Detroit Public Schools that had been twisted into a partisan screed against Detroit teachers and school employees.

In her latest column appearing in the New York Times, AFT President Randi Weingarten writes about the looming teacher shortage our public schools face and how we can address the challenge before it turns into a crisis.

The AFT along with the American Association of University Professors, filed an amicus curiae brief in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case threatens to make it harder for working people to join together and speak out together.